Flier for twisting machines



Jan. 7, 1941. G. BROWNELL FLIER FOR TWISTING MACHINES Filed May 5, 1939 7225; .Browzel/ Patented Jan. 7, 1941 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FLIER FOR TWISTIN G MACHINES George L. Brownell, Worcester, Mass, assignor to G. L. Brownell, Inc., Worcester, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application May 5, 1939, Serial No. 271,987 3 Claims. (01. 57-68) The present invention relates to twisting ma- Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view along chines, wherein filamentary material, in twisted the line 33 of Fig. 1, loo in e direction of form, is wound on a spool by the rotation of a the arrows.

flier about an axis coinciding with that of the Like reference characters refer to like parts in 5 spool. There are two types of such machines, in the different figures.

one of which the receiving spool remains in the Referring to the drawing, a flier head I is same position in the flier, while the distributing mounted to rotate about an axis coinciding with guide traverses back and forth along the axis of that of a spool 2, on which twisted filamentary the spool; in the other type the distributing guide material 3 is to be wound, only a portion of the remains stationary in the flier, while the receivspool being shown. The material 3 leads from m ing spool traverses back and forth along its axis, a point of twisting, indicated at 4, downwardly and this latter type is described in the present through a hollow spindle 5 rotatable within a application. sleeve 6, forming part of the flier head I. The

Such fliers, as heretofore constructed, have spindle 5 and the flier sleeve 6 are provided with grooved cylindrical, or conical shaped drums, or pulleys I and 8 having grooves 9 of different dihaulers on opposite sides of their axes of rotaameters, whereby the spindle a d t e fl y tion to which the axes of the haulers are parallel, be driven respectively, at different speeds, by an and While revolving with the fliers, the haulers endless round belt I0 passing around pulley 8, an

are given a rotation, in the same direction, on idler-tightener, not shown, and pulley 1.

their own axes. The successive grooves on the The spindle 5 is hollow for the passage there straight or tapered haulers, are increased in dithrough of the material 3, and carries at its lower ameter, according to the amount of elongation or end, within the flier, a draft-applying element in stretch to be given to the twisted material, and the form of a winch II, having peripheral grooves while these haulers, with their driving elements, 12 and I3. A pair of grooved guide pu y I4 are made as light in weight as practicable, at and [5 are mounted on holders [6 and I7, re- 25 high flier speeds their centrifugal pull is a factor spectively, at equal distances from the spindle to be reckoned with. In operation, the material axis, with the p leys being free to rotate about passes into the flier, along its axis of rotation, axes inclined with respect to the spindle axis.

and around a guide, or guide-pulley, and then The material 3 to be twisted, passes downwardly around the haulers, back and forth in their through the winch H, from which it emerges grooves, which haulers by their own rotation, through a flared Ope g l8, to pass around the draw in the cord twisted by the revolving flier, pulley I4. The inclination of the axis of the stretch it, and pass it on to the mechanism windpulley I4 is SuCh as to deliver the material taning it onto the spools. gentially to the upper winch groove l2, see Fig. 2,

For twisting materials not susceptible of more and a guide pin [9 insures that the material will than normal stretching and rather adversely afenter the upper portion of the groove l 2. fected by alternately repeated flexures due to After passing as many times as desired around windings around the haulers, the improved flier the winch H within the groove 12, the material of the present invention replaces the hauling, leaves said groove, from which it passes around flexing, and stretching drums, withasingle draftthe other pulley l5. From the pulley IS, the 40 applying element in the form of awinch, thereby material then pass-es once around the lower providing a very much simpler, less expensive groove I3 of the winch, from which it leads flier, capable of greater speed, less flexure of the through a guide 20 downwardly into a laying material, and with entire elimination of cenarm 2| of the flier, for winding on the spool 2.

trifugal strains, all as hereinafter described. The inclination of the axis of the pu is 45 The above and other advantageous features of such that the upper side of the pulley a view d the invention will hereinafter more fully appear in Fig. 3, is in alinement with the upper Winch from the following description, with reference to groove I2, while the lower side of the pulley is the accompanying drawing, in which: in alinement with the lower winch groove I3.

Fig. 1 is a View partially in section, and par- Consequently, the material readily leaves the 50 tially in side elevation, of a flier construction emgroove l2 and enters the groove l3, without any bodying the invention. side pull. By making the groove l3 of larger di- Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View, along the ameter than the groove [2, the material can be line 2--2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the certainly and positively drawn from the winch arrows. and even stretched, if desired. 55

When the flier I and spindle 5 are simultaneously driven through the pulleys I and 8, the material 3 is drawn through the spindle and around the pulley I 4 by the draft of the winch II, while at the same time, rotation of the flier I causesthe material to be twisted before it is Wound on the spool 2.

YVhile, as shown in Fig. l, the direction of rotation of the flier I is such as to cause the material 3 to be wound on the spool 2 by the left-hand laying arm 2I, the direction of rotation of the flier can be reversed, if desired, to cause the righthand laying arm to wind the material in the opposite direction on the spool. In that event, the holders I6 and I1 carrying the pulleys M and I5 are reversed in the flier, and the winch I I is also driven in the opposite direction. Should it be desired to employ a winch II having a groove I2 of larger or smaller diameter than as shown, the guide pin I9 can be turned about a vertical shank 22 to position an upwardly bent end portion I9a farther away from, or nearer to, the axis of the winch, so as to properly guide the material into the groove I2. A set screw 23 is provided to hold the shank 22 of the pin I9 in its adjusted position.

From the foregoing, it is apparent that by the present invention, there is provided an improved and simplified flier, providing a winch or draftapplying element rotatable about the flier axis, so that the material being twisted will be subjected to a uniformly applied draft, with a minimum of flexing, and with elimination of the detrimental effects of centrifugal force, at high flier speeds.

I claim:

1. A flier construction for twisting machines comprising a rotatably driven body, a rotatably driven spindle extending coaxially through said body, a winch member providing spaced peripheral grooves of difierent size and mounted at one end of said spindle, and pulleys loosely mounted on the flier body at opposite sides of its axis for guiding material to be twisted first around one winch groove for imparting a draft to the material, and then around the other groove for drawing the material from the winch with incidental stretching.

2. A flier construction for twisting machines, comprising a rotatably driven body, a rotatably driven spindle extending coaxially through said body, grooves of difierent diameters mounted at one end of said spindle, and pulleys loosely mounted on the flier body at opposite sides of its axis for guiding material to be twisted first around the winch groove of smaller diameter, for imparting a draft to the material, and then around the winch groove of larger diameter, for drawing the material from the winch, with elongation thereof,

3. A flier construction for twisting machines, comprising a rotatably driven flier body, a rotatably driven spindle coaxial with said flier body and terminating In a grooved winch member surrounding an opening extending longitudinally of the spindle, and pulleys mounted on said body for free rotation about axes inclined with respect to the flier axis, with one of said pulleys serving to guide the material to be twisted from said spindle opening to one of said winch grooves, and the other of said pulleys serving to transfer said material from one winch groove to another.

GEORGE L. BROW'NELL.

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